Vegetarian sources for dialysis patients to enhance protein intake
Although protein supplements may be an option for patients who are unable to meet their protein needs by food alone, "it is not compulsory for a vegetarian to shift to being an ovo-vegetarian", says a dietician
Include beans and lentils in your diet if your are going through dialysis. (Photo: Pixabay) Where do vegetarians get their protein from? This is a question that many non-vegetarians ask. But contrary to what they believe, there are many sources of protein which help a vegetarian person stay healthy.
Apeksha Ekbote, the chief dietician at NephroPlus, says that for patients who are on dialysis, protein is an important nutrient. “An individual loses as much as 8-16 g of average protein per session of dialysis. Individuals on dialysis need to consume 1.2-1.5g/kg of ideal body weight of protein every day to compensate for these losses,” she says.
Vegetarians and chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Ekbote says a vegetarian person follows a specific diet which includes consumption of only plant-based foods. “They do not consume meat or eggs. If you are a vegetarian, you don’t have to start eating meat because you have CKD or have started dialysis.”
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